Nirmala Sitharaman noted that major economies will face labour shortage and added India will focus on training new age skills like artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, 3D printing.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Friday said a committee will be set up to evaluate, suggest measures to encourage and facilitate women participation in country's development.

Presenting the first Budget of the Modi government in its second term, Sitharaman proposed to expand self help groups (SHG) to all districts and said one woman in every SHG will get loan of up to Rs 1 lakh under Mudra Yojana.

She further noted that the government will streamline multiple labour laws into a set of four labour codes.

Sitharaman noted that major economies will face labour shortage and added India will focus on training new age skills like artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, 3D printing.

The government will also launch mission to integrate traditional artisans and creative persons with global market and will work to obtain GI/patents for them.

She also said the government aims to bring greater ease of living for citizens.

Every woman SHG member having a verified Jan Dhan account will get an overdraft facility of Rs 5,000, it was announced.

There was also an announcement on a Rs 1,00,000 loan for women under the Mudra scheme.

BJP, in their poll manifesto, promised to provide collateral-free credit of up to Rs 50 lakh for entrepreneurs, out of which 50% of the loan amount will be guaranteed towards female entrepreneurs.

Every woman SHG member having a verified Jan Dhan account will get an overdraft facility of Rs 5,000, it was announced.

In his 2018 Budget, Jaitley increased the scope of the Prime Minister’s Ujjwala Scheme to provide free connection to 8 crore poor women from an earlier target of 5 crore.

Highlighting government's achievements, she said 35 crores LED bulbs were distributed leading to cost saving of Rs 18,341 crore annually.

Sitharaman said railway station modernisation programme will be launched this year. She also proposed to establish the National Research Foundation to fund, to coordinate and to promote research in the country.